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July the 28th. Satturday 1804—

Set out this morning early, the wind from the N. W. by
N. a Dark Smokey Morning Some rain passed at 1 ml. a
Bluff on the S. S.[4] the first high land above the Nodaway
aproaching the river on that Side, a Island and Creek 15 yds.
wide on the S. S. above this Bluff, as this Creek has no name
call it Indian Knob Creek our party on Shore Came to the
river and informs that they heard fireing to the S. W. below[5]
this High Land on the S. S. the Aiauway Indians formerly
lived, below this old village about 5 miles passed Some
Monds on the L. S. in a bend where the Otteauze Indians
formerly lived, this Situation I examined, found it well situated
for Defence, about 2 or 300 acres of Land Covered with
Mounds

The flank came in & informed they heard two Guns to the
S. W. the high land approaches in the 1st. bend to the left,
we camped on the S. S. below the point of an Island, G
Drewyer brought in a Missourie Indian which he met with hunting
in the Prarie This Indian is one of the fiew remaining
of that nation, & lives with the Otteauz, his Camp about 4
Miles from the river, he informs that the 'great gangue'
[body —Biddle] of the Nation were hunting the Buffalow
in the Plains. his party was Small Consisting only of about
20 Lodges.[6] [Blank space in MS.] Miles further another
Camp where there was a french man, who lived in the nation,

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Cours. Distance & reffers. July 28